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“Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.”

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R. W. Apple was an unknown scholar, born on November 20, 1934, and passed away on October 4, 2006. His life and achievements have not been well-documented. more

“Could Afghanistan become another Vietnam? Is the United States facing another stalemate on the other side of the world? Premature the questions may be, three weeks after the fighting began. Unreasonable they are not, given the scars scoured into the national psyche by defeat in Southeast Asia. For all the differences between the two conflicts, and there are many, echoes of Vietnam are unavoidable.”

World May Two States Fighting Three Given Sides Differences United United States Week Conflict Defeat Afghanistan Vietnam Scar Echoes Asia Unreasonable Premature Southeast Asia Stalemate

Author:R. W. Apple

“To be a critic, you have to have maybe three percent education, five percent intelligence, two percent style, and 90 percent gall and egomania in equal parts.”

Two Three Five Style Equal Percent Critics Egomania

Author:Judith Crist

“All you have to do is put on the Bettie Bangs and everybody automatically knows what it means.”

Knows Mean Bangs

Author:Olivia De Berardinis

“There's never been anyone like Bettie Before. Monroe had Harlow and Detrich, she had all of those blonde bombshells, but there was nothing like Bettie. She was the first icon of her nature.”

Firsts Icons Blonde Bombshells

Author:Olivia De Berardinis

“Well, I do expect a lot of myself. I'm a harsh critic because I know what I'm capable of. I have hit those occasional peaks amongst the valleys, but the peaks are so few-things like genuine flashes of virtuoso brush inking, like I've never executed before or since-I can count on one hand the number of jobs where I've been able to hit that mark. The same with penciling. Sometimes it just flows, but more often than not, it's pure physical and spiritual torment just to get something decent on paper. I often get very discouraged with the whole creative process.”

“I remember one game I got five hits and stole five bases, but none of it was written down because they didn't bring the scorebook to the game that day.”

Remember Games Five Written Bases

Author:Cool Papa Bell

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